Container and wiper therefor



March 1, 1938 F N PRINCE ET AL I 2,109,803

CONTAINER AND WIPER THEREFOR Filed Feb. 5, 1937 Patented Mar. 1

Frank Nathan Prince, Brooklyn, and Oliver G. Jakob, St. Albans, N. Y., assirnors to Conti nental Can Company, Inc., New York, N.-Y., a

' corporation of New York Application February 5, 1931, serial No. 124,334

The present invention relates to new and use ful improvements in containers and more particularly to improvements in asheet metal con tainer having a wiper associated therewith.

An object of the present invention is to provide a .container of the above type wherein the container end is provided with an opening and a friction wall for receiving a friction closure and wherein a wiper is connected to the friction... wall across the opening and below the top thereof so as to permit the application and removal of the closure. j

A further object of theinvention is to provide a container of the above. type wherein the friction wall is provided with an internal bead having portions thereof offset at a pair of chordal points around the opening so as to permit the ends of the wiper to be removably secured thereto.

The above and other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing: Fig. l is a fragmentary side view, in section,

5 showing the container with the wiper assembled therein.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the wiper is turned to be secured in position.

30 Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing one end of the wiper secured in position.-

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, showing 35 the offset portion of the inturned bead.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the wiper.

The invention contemplates generally the provision of a metal container having an end provided with an opening surrounded by a friction 40 wall forreceiving a friction closure. The friction wall is turned inwardly around the opening end after it has been seamed to the container body in a position within and below the top of the friction wall so as not to interfere with the 55 application and removal of the friction closure.

The ends Referring more in detail to"th'e accompanying drawing, a'sheet metal container body III has the upper end thereof double seamed, as at H, to a. container end H. The container end I2 is provided with a central opening l3 permitting 5 access to the contents of the container. The opening is bounded by a substantially vertical friction wall l4, the upper end of which is turned inwardly and downwardly to form a bead IS. The container end i2 is shaped, between the fricl0 tion wall l4 and the double seam II, to provide an annular recess l6 and a' substantially horiontal ledge portion II.

A friction closure I8 is shaped to provide a substantially vertical friction wall 19 which fricll tion wall .l9 forms a part of a depending annular rib portion 20 which tightly fits within the recess IS on the container end. The friction 20 closure is also provided with a horizontal portion 2|. which rests on the ledge portion IT on the container end,--the outer edge of the closure being inturned, as at 22, and adapted to rest on the double seam H when the closure is in closed position, as indicatedinFig. 1.

The edge of the bead IS on the container end I2 is turned back toward the friction wall l4, but is slightly spaced therefrom. Portions 23, 23a of the bead l5 are left unturned so that these portions extend substantially parallel to the friction wall l4 and are offset with respect to the remaining portion of the bead. The portions 23, 23a are. disposed at chordal points around the opening l3, that is, they are disposed at the ends of chords within the maximum diameter of the opening l3.

As shown in Fig. 5, a wiper 24 is provided with a body portion 25, preferably of cylindrical wire stock, the ends 26, 26a of which are flattened and 40 turned to provide hooks. The effective length of the wiper 24 is substantially equal to the chordal distance between the offset portions 23, 23a on the bead l5.

After the container end I 2 has been double seamed to the container body ill, the wiper 24 is inserted, as shown by the dotted position thereof in Fig. 2, with the ends 26, 26a extending within the offset portions 23, 23a, respectively, of the bead IS. The wiper is then turned in the plane J of the container end l2 to the position shown by the full lines in Fig. 2. This turning of the wiper will placethe hooked ends 26, 26a thereof within the inturned edge of the bead l5 so that the wiper is frictionally'held and prevented from dropping into the contents of the container. The wiper may, of course, be removed by turning it so that the ends thereof register with the offset portion on the bead.

The wiper 24 may, of course, first be attached to the container end I! and then the container end, with the wiper attached thereto, may be secured as a unit to the container body ill. From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the wiper may be applied to the friction wall of a friction plug container in a position below the top of the opening in the container end so that no interference is offered to the ready application and removal of the friction closure. The containermay be used for paint or the like and the brush or other implement may be inserted into the contents of the container and then passed in contact with the wiper to prevent dripping or spilling of the contents.

It is to be clearly understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A container comprising in combination, a

body portion, an end seamed thereto, said end having a friction wall surrounded an opening therethrough, a friction closure engageable with said friction wall for closing the container, said friction wall having an inturned open bead provided with a pair of inwardly offset portions at chordai points thereon, and'a wiper having angular ends adapted to be inserted into said bead at said voffset portions, said wiper being secured to said friction wall by a slight turning thereof in the 'plane of the containerend.

2. A container comprising, in combination, a body portion, an end seamed thereto, said end having a friction wall surrounding an opening therethrough, a friction closure engageable with said friction wall for closing the container, saidfriction wall having an inturned bead extending around theledge thereof, said bead having the majorportion thereof extending toward said friction wall and having spaced portions thereof extending substantially parallel to said friction wall, and a wiper extending across the opening below the top of said friction wall and having the ends thereof bent, the bent ends of said wiper being insertable within said bead at the points thereon which are substantially parallel to said friction wall and engageable with the major portion of the bead upon turning to prevent removal thereof.

FRANK NATHAN PRINCE.

OLIVER G. JAKOB. 

